Barry Stroud

Barry Stroud (born May 18, 1935 in Toronto - † August 9, 2019 in Berkeley ) was a Canadian-American philosopher and historian of philosophy , who was mainly known for his work on skepticism in epistemology , on the philosophy of David Hume and the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein was known.

Life

Barry Stroud was born in Toronto. He received a BA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and then a PhD from Harvard University , under the supervision of Morton White . Since 1961 Stroud was a member of the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley , he was chairman of the philosophy department there from 1978 to 1981, 1984-85 and 1998. In 1987 he held the John Locke Lectures at the University of Oxford . Also in 1987 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2007 he became Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at Berkeley.

Publications (selection)

• Hume , (The Arguments of the Philosophers). Routledge, 1977 (awarded the Matchette Prize 1979 ).
• The Significance of Philosophical Skepticism . Oxford University Press 1984, ISBN 978-0-19-824761-6 .
• The Quest for Reality: Subjectivism & the Metaphysics of Color . Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-19-513388-2 .
• Understanding Human Knowledge: Philosophical Essays . Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-825033-3 .
• Meaning, Understanding, and Practice: Philosophical Essay . Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-825034-0 .
• Engagement and Metaphysical Dissatisfaction: Modality and Value . Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-976496-9 .
• Philosophers Past and Present: Selected Essays . Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-19-960859-1 .

Web links

• Barry Stroud - University of Berkeley Human Resources Page. Retrieved August 6, 2014 . 
• The Study of Human Nature and the Subjectivity of Value (PDF file; 275 kB), Strouds Tanner Lectures on Human Values , held at the University of Buenos Aires, 7. June 1988

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erin Shepherd: In Memoriam: Barry Stroud. The American Philosophical Association, August 13, 2019, accessed August 17, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Yasmin Anwar: Barry Stroud, influential, independent-minded philosopher, dies at 84. In: Berkeley News. August 21, 2019, accessed on August 24, 2019 .